Fanboyism Taken to New Heights With Glass and Aluminum iPhone 5 Mockup

This is not a real iPhone 5. Repeat, not a real iPhone 5. Photo: Benm.at

And the “Biggest Apple Fanboy of the Week” award goes to (drum roll please) the guys who made this insane real-life, glass and aluminum mockup of an iPhone 5.

A team of Apple fans at Benm.at in Germany used CAD designs, leaked hints, case designs and realistic mockups to develop a 3-D computer model that was then used to build a true-to-life, true-to-scale iPhone 5 mockup.

The team says they used the same process to create their prototype that is used to create the iPad. The rear of the case was hewn from a solid block of aluminum, which was then treated with glass pearls to give it texture.

Their mockup measures in at 2.36 inches wide, which is just slightly larger than the iPhone 4, but is slightly squatter (4.33 inches compared to the current 4.5 inches) and thinner. They adopted the rumored teardrop shape of the device, so the top is about .04 inches thicker than the bottom of the device. They also opted for an oval-shaped capacitive touch home button, rather than a mechanical button.

The result is kind of amazing, based on their photographs. Here’s one more — how their iPhone 5 fits in with some of the iPhone family — for your viewing pleasure.